Amable Jodoin (May 31, 1828 – January 8, 1880) was a

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businessman and political figure in

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. He represented Chambly in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1875 as a

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member. He was born in Boucherville,

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, the son of Amable Jodoin and Esther Weilbrenner. Jodoin served as a member of

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city council.''The Canadian parliamentary companion for 1875''
HJ Morgan He married Marie-Hélène Jodoin in 1853.Maisonnée Jodoin (en 1873), Vieux-Montréal
(french) Jodoin was a director of the Metropolitan Bank. In 1870, he purchased a foundry in

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. The Jodoins also purchased several properties in the

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area. His election to the House of Commons in 1874 was overturned; he won the by-election which followed in 1875 but that election was again appealed; Pierre Basile Benoit won the by-election held in 1876. Jodoin died four years later at the age of 51 in Beloeil, Quebec.

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1828 births 1880 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Boucherville People from Beloeil, Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub